# P. J. Hyett

> Phillip Jeffrey Hyett is an American software developer, technology entrepreneur, racing driver, and a co-founder of GitHub, an Internet hosting service for software development and version control using Git, which he created with Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanstrath in 2008.

*American software developer and co-founder of GitHub*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/p-j-hyett

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Born:** 1985
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Phillip Jeffrey Hyett is an American software developer, technology entrepreneur, racing driver, and a co-founder of GitHub, an Internet hosting service for software development and version control using Git, which he created with Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanstrath in 2008.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 64.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 4.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #53
- **Total followers across platforms:** 8,444

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: https://hyett.com/
- **X**: https://x.com/pjhyett (@pjhyett)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/pjhyett (@pjhyett)
- **LINKEDIN**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pjhyett/ (@pjhyett)
- **GITHUB**: https://github.com/pjhyett (@pjhyett, 8,444 followers)

## Sources
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